We have been made aware that several titles in the ‘Spy Dogs’, ‘Spy Pup’ and ‘Spy Cat’ series by Andrew Cope contain a weblink at the back of the book that no longer directs people to information about the books. Instead, the link has been compromised and now leads to inappropriate and unsafe material, containing pornographic content with no age restrictions.
A statement from Puffin and Mr Cope said: “In some editions of the Spy Dog, Spy Cat and Spy Pups series there is a reference to the author, Andrew Cope’s, former website for the series which was owned and managed by him.
“We understand an unconnected third party has very recently taken control of the domain name and is using it to display a different website with inappropriate adult content.
“This website is not associated with Puffin or Andrew Cope. We are asking people not to visit the website and ensure that children do not visit it either.”
Upon investigation, we realised that these books were popular with the children a number of years ago, but have not been borrowed recently. Therefore, we have removed all our copies of the book from the Library, taken out the page with the web address on it and will now be donating them.
In case you have copies of these books at home, below are images of some of the front covers in the series to help you identify them, so you can remove the page at the back with the website address.
